Word: wakeful
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Thousands mourned him at sprawling wakes in Michoacan, Mexico City and Chicago, where he was finally laid to rest. "Being a fan of Gomez, this news really makes me sad," Mexico City Police Chief Joel Ortega said during the wake here. "These things shouldn't happen in our country. Whatever the causes were, it is very sad. He was an extraordinary vocalist...
...believe you have already faced your biggest challenges, or do they still lie ahead? -Michael Crayton, SeattleThe absolute biggest challenge for us all is global warming. I wish the American government would wake up to this fact, because it is going to have an effect on our children. Now, what is the answer to that problem? It could be that we are already too late and that the world is destined to heat up dramatically. That is why we have set up this $25 million prize that will be awarded to the person who finds a solution to global warming...
...nations. For Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the summit's guide, it was too much. Visibly exhausted by all-night negotiations, the Dutchman appeared to momentarily break down and fled the session, leaving a stunned audience in his wake...
...give your kids this holiday season than the fear that it will never snow again? I only hope that there isn’t a two-dimensional rendering of the movie’s animation of the last polar bear drowning. Six months after seeing that, I still wake up crying at night...
...whole process becomes much more vulnerable (as Tariq Ali quipped recently, “one bullet can be enough”). Fortunately, it might turn out that last week’s failed referendum actually helps Chavez. Not only do the allegations of totalitarian intent ring hollow in the wake of his concession (how many dictators lose referendums, after all?), but Chavez may also be forced to reconsider the less admirable parts of the legislation he had proposed. Whatever the case may be, there remains little doubt that the Bolivarian revolution cannot be dismissed as easily as many here would...